Papers concerning political, military, administrative and legal matters.

IOR/H/481

Papers concerning political, military, administrative and legal matters.

1797-1806

(1) pp. 1, 9-18, 25-6, 87, 115, Hugh Inglis (Chairman of Directors) to Henry Dundas 18th Aug. 1797 to 20th Dec. 1800, Lord Mornington to succeed Sir John Shore as Governor-General. (2) pp. 5-6, Note from James Coggan to Hugh Inglis. (3) pp. 21-2, Court's Circular Letter to Bengal 22nd March 1797, Lord Cornwallis appointed Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief; p. 29, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Alured Clarke to take temporary charge in case of death or resignation of Sir John Shore. (4) pp. 33-5, Directors to Bengal 18th Oct. 1797. (5) pp. 37-80, Printed Account of a Public Meeting of the British Inhabitants of Calcutta at the Theatre on 17th July 1798 to present an Address to the Crown and raise contributions towards the expenses of the war with France (The Contributions in Bengal alone amounted to £130,000); pp. 91-104, Lieut.-Col. Thomas William Clayton, commanding on the Coast of Sumatra, to Directors 12th Feb. 1799, with other papers relative to addresses and contributions from Civil and Military Europeans and Natives at Fort Marlborough (Contributions amounted to over £2,500). (6) p. 1303, Letter from the Navy Office to William Marsden 1st March 1805, Requests payment to Mr. Halliday for expenses in reference to the Bombay contributions. (7) pp. 81-5, Memorandum of Advices in Secret Letters from Bengal relative to the threatened invasion of India by Zemaun Shah 3rd Oct. 1798 to 25th Jan. 1800. (8) pp. 109-11, Henry Dundas to Chairman 23rd Oct. 1799. (9) pp. 119-22, Admiral Peter Rainier to Marquis Wellesley 20th Dec 1800 (not in Martin's Despatches). (10) Marquis Wellesley, pp. 125-48, 435-8, to Admiral Rainier 5th, 11th and 14th Feb. 1801 (not in Martin's Despatches), Rainier's objections to the expedition against Mauritius, Supply of the Treasury at Canton; pp. 151-90, to Gen. D. Baird 10th Feb. 1801 (printed in Martin, II, 440); pp. 193-223, 279-309, to Sir Ralph Abercromby 28th Feb. 1801 (printed in Martin, II, 457); pp. 277-8, to Henry Dundas 7th March 1801 (printed in Martin, II, 461); pp. 311-3, 341-3, 347-54, to Lord Lewisham 28th and 29th Dec. 1801 (not in Martin's Despatches); pp. 405-21, 431-3, 457-75, 477-83, to Secret Committee 9th April 1801 to 13th March 1802 (not in Martin's Despatches); pp. 425-8, 1123-36, to Directors 28th Sept. 1801 (printed in Martin, II, 576) and 13th March 1802 (not in Martin's Despatches); pp. 443-7, to Richard Hall and Select Committee of Supracargoes at Canton 11th and 14th Feb. 1801 (not in Martin's Despatches); pp. 451-2, to G. H. Barlow, Vice-President in Council 8th Feb. 1802 (not in Martin's Despatches); pp.485-505, to Lord Clive (Governor of Madras) 28th Nov. 1801 (not in Martin's Despatches); pp. 721-6, to Lord Minto, n.d., with List of Papers to be produced if Mr. Paull is granted the Bhurtpore Papers (for a full account of the attack upon Wellesley by James Paull, M.P., in 1805, see H. E. A. Cotton's Article in Bengal Past and Present, July--September 1924). The papers are printed in the Asiatic Annual Register, Vol. 8, Pol. and Com. Papers, pp. 1-68, and State Papers and Proceedings in Parliament (Marquis Wellesley's letters are Originals or signed in his own hand). (11) pp. 315-38, Lists of Documents sent with Despatches. (12) pp. 355-61, Statement of troops sent from India and which arrived in the Red Sea. (13) pp. 365-73, C. Bragge's opinion 16th April 1800 (Original) on certain proposals of Lord Wellesley, e.g. the union of Madras and Bombay Presidencies; pp. 377-93, Necessity of keeping Bombay a separate Presidency. (14) pp. 397-401, William Burroughs (Advocate-General) to Marquis Wellesley 26th June 1801, Question of filling vacancy in Council due to temporary vacancy in post of Commander-in-Chief. (15) Lord Castlereagh. pp. 509-15, to Directors 20th Sept. 1802, Court's objections to Marquis Wellesley's appointment of his brother Henry Wellesley (see Pearce, II, p. 148) to the disadvantage of Members of the Civil Service; pp. 517-32, to Marquis Wellesley 27th Sept. 1802 (printed in Martin, III, p. 36); pp. 713-5, to Viscount Melville 25th Nov. 1804. (16) pp. 537-664, Printed copy of Addresses to Marquis Wellesley on the conclusion of peace with ''Dowlut Rao Scindiah and the Rajah of Berar,'' with Lord Wellesley's replies and other papers. (17) pp. 665-87, Memorandum on various irregularities committed by Marquis Wellesley 24th Nov. 1798 to 1803; pp. 757-820, Narrative of the same. (18) pp. 689-91, Memorandum of correspondence in the Negotiation at Poona 6th Feb. 1801 to 23rd June 1802. (19) pp. 695-707, Memorandum of Advices from India 15th Dec. 1803 to 24th Jan. 1804, Conclusion of treaties with Berar and Sindhia. (20) p. 717, Memorandum on the new Government House at Calcutta. (21) pp. 729-52, Plan by Lord Wellesley for an improvement in the Government of India with Dundas' autograph remarks in parallel columns (? 1799-1800). Printed in the Asiatic Quarterly Review for April 1899, pp. 294 et seq. (22) pp. 823-31, William Adam's opinion on the legality of the Powers granted by Marquis Wellesley to Major-Gen. Arthur Wellesley in the negotiations with the Peshwa 27th June 1804; pp. 833-52, Case and opinion of R. Ryder, Counsel of the India Board, 26th June 1804. (See R. R. Pearce's Memoirs and Correspondence of Richard Marquess Wellesley, II, p. 343 et seq.) (23) pp. 853-1048, ''Cursory remarks on the late proceedings with respect to the Marhattas, containing also observations respecting the negotiations with the Nabobs of Oude and Furruckabad,'' signed S. J. 26th Feb. 1806. (24) pp. 1051-93, Printed Memorandum upon the [Mr. Paull's] ''Article of Charge'' against Marquis Wellesley in his transactions with the Nabob Vizier of Oude. (Mr. Paull's charge was made in the House of Commons 22nd May 1806 (see Pearce, III, p. 428.) The whole of the Proceedings in Parliament are printed in extenso in the Asiatic Annual Register, Vol. IX) (25) pp. 1095-1122, Appendix to Mr. Jones' Memoir on the Political State of India 1822, Lord Wellesley's answer to Lord Castlereagh's Observations (see Vol. 505 (3) below) on the Treaty of Bassein (? B. S. Jones, author of Papers relative to the Progress of the British Power in India, &c.). (26) pp. 1141-61, Memorandum on the subject of extension of British territory in India. (27) pp. 1165-275, Notes illustrative of the conduct and disposition of the Native Chiefs of India, their Ministers and Commanders, Commencing 1803 and continued to March 1805. (28) pp. 1299-300, Arabic Letter from Sultan Soleyman to the King, translated by Jonathan Scott 2nd May 1805. (29) pp. 1307-11, Papers relative to Gen. de Boigne's affairs. (30) pp. 1313-41, Claim of Capt. George Cockburn (H.M.S. Howe) for payment for accommodating Marquis Wellesley and suite on board from India to England, Correspondence between William Marsden (Admiralty Office), George Harrison (Treasury), William Ramsay (India House), John Cordery (Secretary to the Society of East India Commanders) 3rd Feb. to 19th March 1806, as to the proper charge for the above. The East India Commanders estimated £8,000 as ''a very moderate compensation and all above that a liberal one.''

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